the loneliest tower (missing?) LbNA #11600 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Oct 13, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | ??? |
| County: | Mystery |
| State: | Nevada |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | artTrekker  |
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| Found by: | ??? |
| Last found: | Feb 8, 2007 |
| Status: | Faam |
| Last edited: | Oct 13, 2004 |
Reported missing July, 2007
No, you're not in Texas! On the loneliest road in America, there is a town that is described as "the mother town of mining camps". It was a booming place in the 1860s, after silver was discovered, presumably after a Pony Express horse kicked over a rock. Now it is home to self-exiles from the mainstream, antique vendors and desert rats, a small but vital community. It is a fun place to pass through on travels to elsewhere, and on the way to it from the west, adventurers will be treated to such sights as mountains made of sand and trees dangling footwear.
When you figure out which town you seek, go to the WNW edge of it. There is a dirt road directly opposite the place on the highway that sports a "loneliest road in America" sign. A line of storage sheds at the beginning of the dirt road tells you you are in the right place. Follow the dirt road west-ish for .6 miles (bearing right past a fork) and park at the structure that was built over a hundred years ago by a mine developer for his sons. After you read about this nationally registered historic site, turn around to face the view and follow (same as the number of letters in the last name of the structure's builder) large rocks to a steep dirt trail. Carefully walk 33 paces down the trail (I slipped twice!) to the bottom of the chute. Hay chute? Rock chute? I don't know, but it looks sturdy and enduring. Reach into the opening at about shoulder level to the side closest to the way you came, and find the box behind and under some rocks. Please re-hide carefully and well, so that someone peering into the chute from the side will see only rocks. I imagine that winters are harsh at this elevation (almost the same as my home in South Lake Tahoe), so it may only be a three season box. But sometimes our winters are dry, so who knows?
Enjoy your travels on the loneliest road; I think its vistas are really quite beautiful in a spare way, and it has plenty to offer the curious traveler. Email me when you find the box & let me know the highlights of your trip. I'll hope to place other boxes on this highway in the future.
No, you're not in Texas! On the loneliest road in America, there is a town that is described as "the mother town of mining camps". It was a booming place in the 1860s, after silver was discovered, presumably after a Pony Express horse kicked over a rock. Now it is home to self-exiles from the mainstream, antique vendors and desert rats, a small but vital community. It is a fun place to pass through on travels to elsewhere, and on the way to it from the west, adventurers will be treated to such sights as mountains made of sand and trees dangling footwear.
When you figure out which town you seek, go to the WNW edge of it. There is a dirt road directly opposite the place on the highway that sports a "loneliest road in America" sign. A line of storage sheds at the beginning of the dirt road tells you you are in the right place. Follow the dirt road west-ish for .6 miles (bearing right past a fork) and park at the structure that was built over a hundred years ago by a mine developer for his sons. After you read about this nationally registered historic site, turn around to face the view and follow (same as the number of letters in the last name of the structure's builder) large rocks to a steep dirt trail. Carefully walk 33 paces down the trail (I slipped twice!) to the bottom of the chute. Hay chute? Rock chute? I don't know, but it looks sturdy and enduring. Reach into the opening at about shoulder level to the side closest to the way you came, and find the box behind and under some rocks. Please re-hide carefully and well, so that someone peering into the chute from the side will see only rocks. I imagine that winters are harsh at this elevation (almost the same as my home in South Lake Tahoe), so it may only be a three season box. But sometimes our winters are dry, so who knows?
Enjoy your travels on the loneliest road; I think its vistas are really quite beautiful in a spare way, and it has plenty to offer the curious traveler. Email me when you find the box & let me know the highlights of your trip. I'll hope to place other boxes on this highway in the future.